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The Financial Guide to Becoming a One-Income Family
American parents have never been more stressed. In almost half of the country’s two-parent households, both parents work full time ⏤ compared to 31 percent of households in 1970. And many do so out of...
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How Much Money You Save on Childcare By Living Near Your In-Laws
My wife and I don’t live near family. College led us away from home and jobs kept us from moving back. Even now that we have a 3-year-old and would love for her to be near grandparents, cousins, aunts,...
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Why Does Child Care Cost So Much?
It’s one of parenting’s biggest mysteries: Why does daycare cost so much when child care providers make so little? The average family paid around $10,000 last year ⏤ or 16 percent of their annual...
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How to Calculate the Costs and Benefits of Nannies, Au Pairs, and Daycares
Finding regular child care doesn’t just have to be about vetting daycares. Some parents, in fact, may want to consider nanny vs. daycare — or the benefits of an au pair vs. a nanny. In many cases, it...
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Divorced Dads, Here’s How to Introduce Your Girlfriend to Your Kid
“Fatherly Advice” is a weekly advice column in which Fatherly’s Parenting Editor Patrick Coleman provides frank answers to reader questions. Want evidence-based answers and some common sense morality?...
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I’m a Dad With OCD. Here’s How I Handle the Worrying
When I laid eyes on the string toy lying on the weathered rug at the daycare, I knew it was going to be a long hour. I hesitated for a few moments before I put my then 6-month-old son, Aksel, in the...
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“I Couldn’t Believe It”: 7 Parents Share Their Daycare Horror Stories
Daycare seems easy until you have kids. When you’re driving around the neighborhood, it feels like there’s a daycare place on every corner your neighborhood. And with their brightly-colored paintings...
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What I Wish I Knew Before My Kid Went to Daycare, According to 12 Dads
Nearly 11 million children under the age of five in the United States are in some sort of child care. And for every single parent, the decision is difficult. Which day care do you use? What questions...
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6 Harsh Truths About Daycare Every Parent Needs to Know
Parents in the United States are offered a woefully short amount of parental leave after the birth of their child. And if both parents have jobs, the quick return to work often makes daycare a...
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The 2020 Democrats’ Daycare and Child Care Policy Plans, Explained
As the Democratic candidates for the 2020 election start to roll out policies to entice voters and define their view of American politics, parents need to pay close attention to proposals that will...
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Is It Time to Send Your Kid Back to Daycare?
As the U.S. begins to open up stores and workplaces, daycares are following suit. After all, childcare is necessary for the economy — and a major part of the reopening equation. But are daycares safe...
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American parents have never been more stressed. In almost half of the country’s two-parent households, both parents work full time ⏤ compared to 31 percent of households in 1970. And many do so out of...
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